By Rubin E. GrantRyan Pugh has been playing competitive golf for only three years, but he can already check one thing off his lists of pursuits.The 13-year-old youngster sank a hole-in-one on the Par 4 16th hole on June 13 at the RTJ Grand National Lake Course in Auburn during the first round of the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour Grand National Junior Classic.Pugh … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantTodd Russell didn’t win it, but he still considered the first United States Croquet Association-sanctioned tournament hosted by the Mountain Brook Croquet Club a total triumph.The Mountain Brook Croquet Club hosted its inaugural Golf Croquet event June 10-12.Arthur Bagby, the Alabama director of the U.S. Croquet Association, created the club, which … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantCousins John Stephens and Matthew Rainer are so close it would take something like a photo-finish to separate them.And that’s exactly what happened earlier this year during the Alabama High School Athletic Association state indoor track and field meet at the Birmingham CrossPlex.The two just-graduated Vestavia Hills track athletes competed against … [Read more...]

 By Rubin E. GrantMountain Brook soccer players Isabel “Izzy” Smith and Jack Heaps trained together often before and after school in the spring.“It was super fun to get together to train,” Smith said. “Jack is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever been around.”The two challenged each other to see who would score the most goals during the 2022 … [Read more...]